Operator`s manual

Manual-16

Visual aids

When the track is playing several waveforms are displayed. Each

shows a diﬀerent aspect of the track being played.

Tempo Matching display

e Tempo Matching display area provides a helpful tool for

beat matching. Scratch LIVE detects the beats within the track,

and places a row of orange peaks (for the track on the left side)

above a row of blue peaks (for the track on the right side) in the

Tempo Matching display area. When the two tracks are matched

to the same tempo, the peaks will line up.

Note that the tempo display is aligned with the beginning

of the bar, so the peaks keep their relative position as the track

plays. is display does not show the relative timing of the beats,

only the tempos of the tracks. e peaks will still line up when

the tracks are playing at the same tempo, but are out of sync.

Track Overview display

is view provides a complete overview of the waveform of the

track, and includes a marker to show the current position within

the track.

is view is useful for ﬁnding transitions within the track.

e waveform is colored according to the spectrum of the sound

– red representing low frequency bass sounds, green represent-

ing mid frequency sounds and blue representing high frequency

treble sounds.

You can jump to diﬀerent positions within the track by click-

ing on the Track Overview display (disabled in abs mode).

Grey lines behind the overview show the length of the track

– a thin grey line every minute, and a thick grey line every 5

minutes.

e overview will be ﬁlled when you load the track onto a

Virtual Deck. On slower computers, you should disable auto ﬁll

overviews in the setup screen – with this setting disabled, the

overview will be ﬁlled as you play the track.